Sinister (2012)

Sinister Synopsis

Sinister is a frightening new thriller from the producer of the Paranormal Activity films and the writer-director of The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Ethan Hawke plays a true crime novelist who discovers a box of mysterious, disturbing home movies that plunge his family into a nightmarish experience of supernatural horror.

Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions's new 10-year deal will include partnerships across NBCUniversal's businesses, including Universal Television and Universal Cable Productions. It's a first look production deal that essentially means future Blumhouse movies will first be offered to Universal for distribution.

Last fall Blumhouse Productions debuted the slick mystery horror story Sinister. The $3 million dollar movie from Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill not only won rave reviews from critics, but also earned a whopping $77 million worldwide. So, it's no surprise that Blumhouse is looking to build a new franchise from this solid base.

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Sinister, the devil in the (home movie) details movie starring Ethan Hawke hit theaters to mixed reviews, but crushed at the box office when considering the budget, pulling over $47 million at the domestic box office on a $3 million budget. If you missed the part found footage flick during its theatrical run, Sinister is hitting Blu-ray and DVD on February 19.

Titled Beware the Night, this paranormal thriller centers on a New York cop charged with tackling cases of "real life demon possessions, exorcisms and werewolves." ScreenGems is currently considering backing the production, which just got more enticing with word that Eric Bana is in talks to star.

Ben Affleck's Oscar baiting Argo settled for a close second place with $20 million. That wasn't quite enough to top his previous directorial effort The Town which bowed in at $23 million. The drop is most easily blamed on the fact that Jon Hamm wasn't cast this time around.

With October kicking off and plenty of people in the mood for a good scare, it's awesome to have a horror movie out there that's apparently scary as hell… and actually good. Sinister is racking up far stronger reviews than you usually see for horror movies, and now it's got the box office behind it as well

From the film's first frame, this deeply freaky feature cuts its own path to terrifying audiences with truly disturbing imagery and a murder mystery plot that blurs the line between crime drama and horror. Already we've seen a glimpse of Sinister's creepy antagonist Bagul in the trailers, but in the clips and poster here, he's looking back.

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In Sinister, the new horror movie from director Scott Derrickson, Ethan Hawke plays a true crime writer who moves to a new house with his family while investigating a mysterious quadruple murder. In the new house the character finds a box of super 8 films, all of which have the same strange, disturbing face embedded in them somewhere. And Summit Entertainment isn't even trying to hide said face in their marketing materials.

Writer-director Scott Derrickson is drawn to tales of the dark side. He first broke through in 2005 by spinning the peculiar story of Anneliese Michel into the horror-drama The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Since then he's created the supernatural horror film Sinister, which follows a struggling true-crime novelist, who rather than bringing his work home, makes his work home, moving his family into a house that's prior residence were horrifically murdered...

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